Titus Sheehama, who was arrested when the police intercepted a truck loaded with contraband on Sunday, appeared in the Katima Mulilo Magistrate Court.

The office of the First Gentleman has launched its first engagement on "The Plight of the Boy Child" in the Zambezi region.

Speaking at the engagement, the First Gentleman Epaphras Ndaitwah said the call is for the boy child to be resilient in their educational pursuits.

Staff from the Nwanyi FM station in the Zambezi region commemorated the day with former staff members and members of the public.

Veteran studio producer Martin Mombela, who started with NBC in 1991 when it was still called SWABC, said through the transition, the radio's impact grew in the community.

The University of Namibia's (UNAM) and Idaho State University's collaborative advanced life skills training is in its final phase. 

The training aimed at reducing maternal and neonatal deaths will conclude in the Zambezi region, covering midwives from the Kavango West and Kavango East regions. 

The Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security, Lucia Iipumbu, toured various border posts in the Zambezi Region.

These visits were aimed at assessing service delivery challenges. 

The Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety and Security, Lucia Iipumbu, has called for discipline and professionalism at the border posts.

Iipumbu made the call as she prepared to visit various border posts and the ministry's projects in the Zambezi Region.

Katima Mulilo Town Council has resolved to rename three streets after renowned public figures who hail from the Zambezi region.

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency Namibia (ADRA) has donated food parcels worth nearly N$300,000 to flood victims who were displaced in Nfooma in the Kabbe North Constituency of the Zambezi Region.

The humanitarian act will cater to 228 households, with each household receiving a food kit.

The Namibian police's Women Network in the Zambezi region commemorated 16 years of its existence.

The event held at Katima Mulilo was held under the theme "Honouring the past, empowering the future of women". 

Taxi drivers in Katima Mulilo have bemoaned a high number of unregistered taxis in the town.

They say unregistered taxis are benefiting more than them from the recent two-dollar increase in taxi fare, as they do not pay set road transport charges.